"Film noir" evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-and- white movies from the 1940s and 1950smelodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs, and lovers on the run. In More Than Night, James Naremore discusses these pictures, but he also shows that the central term is more complex and paradoxical than we realize. Film noir refers both to an important cinematic legacy and to an idea we have projected onto the past. This lively, wide-ranging cultural history offers an original approach to the subject, as well as new production information and fresh commentary on scores of films, including such classics as Double Indemnity, The Third Man, and Out of the Past, and such "neo noirs" as Chinatown, Pulp Fiction, and Devil in a Blue Dress. Naremore discusses film noir as a term in criticism; as an expression of artistic modernism; as a symptom of Hollywood censorship and politics in the 1940s; as a market strategy; as an evolving style; as a cinema about races and nationalities; and as an idea that circulates across all the information technologies. Interdisciplinary in approach, this book has valuable things to say not only about film and television, but also about modern literature, the fine arts, and popular culture in general. In a field where much of what has been published is superficial and derivative, Naremore's work is certain to be received as a definitive treatment.

作者简介

詹姆斯•纳雷摩尔（James Naremore），印第安纳大学荣休校长教授（Emeritus Chancellor’s professor），专业领域包括英语文学、电影研究、跨文化交流。同所有的顶级影评人一样，纳雷摩尔的视野——对作为总体的文化，和作为特殊领域的电影——极其宽广。在过去的两年里，他为《电影季刊》（Film Quarterly）撰写长篇文章，专论他最喜欢的十部上年电影。

译者简介

徐展雄，毕业于广东外语外贸大学英文系，获华东师范大学中文系硕士学位，现为上海电视台外语频道《华人电影志》导演，还担任《环球银幕》《城市中国》《世界电影之窗》《文景》等杂志的撰稿人。